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Ready to dive into immigrant research? Start with this sampling of the best resources for exploring your European roots, from A for Albanian to, well, U for Ukrainian. Of course, we don’t have room to include all the great resources for each immigrant group. For more research tips, Web sites, books and organizations relating to your ancestors’ European homeland, see our online Ethnic Toolkits <www.familytreemagazine.com/ethnic_intro.asp> and the new Family Tree Guide Book to Europe (Betterway Books).

ALBANIAN

Albania Mailing Lists

<www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_country-alb.html>

BASQUE

Basque Genealogy Home Page

<home.earthlink.net/~fybarra>

Center for Basque Studies

University of Nevada-Reno/322, Reno, NV 89557, (775) 784-4854 Ext. 254, <basque.unr.edu>

BELARUSIAN

Belarusian Genealogy

<www.belarusguide.com/genealogy1>

BELGIAN

The Belgium-Roots Project

<belgium.rootsweb.com>

The Emigrants from Belgium to the United States and Canada

<www.ping.be/picavet>

BOSNIAN & HERZEGOVINIAN

Bosnia-Herzegovina Gen Web

<www.rootsweb.com/~bihwgw>

BULGARIAN & MACEDONIAN

Bulgaria GenWeb

<www.rootsweb.com/~bgrwgw>

Genealogy Macedonia

<geneamac.dhs.org/index.php3>

CARPATHO-RUSYN

The Carpathian Connection

<www.tccweb.org>

Carpatho-Rusyn Genealogy Web Site

<www.rusyn.com>

Carpatho-Rusyn Society

125 Westland Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, <www.carpathorusynsociety.org>

CROATIAN

Croatia GenWeb

<www.rootsweb.com/~hrvwgw>

Croatian Genealogical and Heraldic Society

2527 San Carlos Ave., San Carlos, CA 94070, (415) 592-1190, <feefhs.org/cro/frg-cghs.html>

• A Guide to Croatian Genealogy by Adam S. Eterovich (Ragusan Press, $14 from <www.croatians.com>)

CZECH & SLOVAK

Archives of the Czechs and Slovaks Abroad

University of Chicago Library, 1100 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637, (773) 702-8456, <www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/slavic/acasa.html>

Czech GenWeb

<www.rootsweb.com/~czewgw>

It’s All Relative

<www.iarelative.com>

Slovak GenWeb

<www.rootsweb.com/~svkwgw>

DANISH

Danish Demographic Database

<ddd.sa.dk/DDD_EN.HTM>

Danish Emigration Archives

Arkivstræde 1, Box 1731, DK-9100, Aalborg, Denmark, <www.emiarch.dk/home.php3>

Facts About Genealogical Research in Denmark

<www.genealogi.dk/factwors.htm>

DUTCH

Dutch Genealogy

<www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/3453/Dutch.html>

Dutch Genealogy Links

<www.euronet.nl/users/mnykerk/genealog.htm>

DutchGenWeb

<www. rootsweb.com/~nldwgw>

ENGLISH

British Isles Family History Society-USA

2531 Sawtelle Blvd. PMB 134, Los Angeles, CA 90064, <www.rootsweb.com/~bifhsusa>

English Origins

<www.englishorigins.com>

Federation of Family History Societies

Box 2425, Coventry CV5 6YX, England, <www.ffhs.org.uk>

Free BMD

<freebmd.rootsweb.com>

A Genealogist’s Guide to Discovering Your English Ancestors by Paul Milner and Linda Jonas (Betterway Books)

GENUKI

<www.genuki.org.uk>

ESTONIAN

Estonian Genealogical Society

Pk 4419, 10511 Tallinn, Estonia, <www.genealoogia.ee/English/english.html>

How to Find Relatives in Estonia

<www.aai.ee/~urmas/urm/vast.html>

FINNISH

Beginner’s Guide to Finnish Family History Research

<members.aol.com/dssaari/guide.htm>

Family History Finland

<www.open.org/~rumcd/genweb/finn.html>

Institute of Migration Emigrant Register

Piispankatu 3, 20500 Turku, Finland, <www.utu.fi/erill/instmigr/eng/e_rekist.htm#inquiry>

FRENCH

American-French Genealogical Society

Box 2113, Pawtucket, RI 02861, (401) 765-6141, <www.afgs.org>

France GenWeb

<francegenweb.org>

Franco-Gene

<www.francogene.com>

Geneactes

<www.geneactes.org/index-en.html>

GERMAN, AUSTRIAN & SWISS

A Genealogist’s Guide to Discovering Your Germanic Ancestors by S. Chris Anderson and Ernest Thode (Betterway Books)

Genealogy.net

<www.genealogienetz.de/genealogy.html>

German Genealogical Society of America

2125 Wright Ave., Suite C-9, La Verne, CA 91750, (909) 593-0509, <feefhs.org/ggsa/frg-ggsa.html>

German Genealogy

<daddezio.com/germgen.html>

German Roots

<home.att.net/~wee-monster>

Germany GenWeb Project

<www.rootsweb.com/~wggerman>

Hamburg Link to Your Roots

<www.hamburg.de/fhh/behoerden/staatsarchiv/link_to_your_roots/english>

Palatines to America

611 E. Webster Road, Columbus, OH 43211, (614) 267-4700, <palam.org>

GREEK

Greek Genealogy

<daddezio.com/grekgen.html>

HUNGARIAN

Hungary GenWeb

<www.rootsweb.com/~wghungar>

Radix

<www.bogardi.com/gen>

ICELANDIC

Emigration from Iceland to North America

<www.simnet.is/halfdanh/vestur.htm>

IRISH

A Genealogist’s Guide to Discovering Your Irish Ancestors by Dwight A. Radford and Kyle J. Betit (Betterway Books)

Ireland GenWeb Project

<www.rootsweb.com/~iriwgw>

The Irish Family History Foundation

<www.irishroots.net>

The Irish Genealogical Foundation

Box 7575, Department HPA, Kansas City, MO 64116, (816) 454-2410, <www.irishroots.com>

Irish Genealogical Society International

Box 16585, St. Paul, MN 55116, <www.rootsweb.com/~irish>

Irish Origins

<www.irishorigins.com>

National Archives of Ireland

<www.nationalarchives.ie>

ITALIAN

American Italian Heritage Association

Box 3136, Albany, NY 12203, (518) 435-0591, <www.geocities.com/aiha_1>

Data Banks on Italian Emigrants

<213.212.128.168/radici/ie/defauitie_e.htm>

ItalianAncestry.com

<www.italianancestry.com>

Italian Genealogical Society of America

Box 3572, Peabody, MA 01961, <www.italianroots.org>

Italy WorldCenWeb

<www.rootsweb.com/~itawgw>

Pursuing Our Italian Names Together

<www.point-pointers.net>

LATVIAN

Latvian GenWeb

<www.rootsweb.com/~lvawgw>

LITHUANIAN

Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture

Immigration History and Genealogy Department, 6500 S. Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL 60629, (773) 582-6500, <www.lithaz.org/museums/balzekas>

How to Find Relatives in Lithuania

<www.lfcc.lt/howfind.html>

Lithuanian Global Genealogical Society

Box 109, Redondo Beach, CA 90277, <www.lithuaniangenealogy.org>

LUXEMBOURGER

Luxembourg GenWeb

<www.rootsweb.com/~luxwgw>

NORWEGIAN

Ancestors from Norway

<homepages.rootsweb.com/~norway>

National Archives of Norway Digital Archive

<digitalarkivet.uib.no>: Click English.

Norwegian Emigration Center

Strandkaien 31, N-4005, Stavanger, Norway, <www.utvandrersenteret.no>

Vesterheim Genealogical Center

415 W. Main St., Madison, WI 53703, (608) 255-2224, <memorial.library.wisc.edu/vesterhe.htm>

POLISH

Genealogy and Poland

<www.polishroots.com/genpoland>

PolandGenWeb

<www.rootsweb.com/~polwgw>

Polish Genealogical Society of America

984 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL 60622, <www.pgsa.org>

PORTUGUESE

American-Portuguese Genealogical Society

Box 644, Taunton, MA 02780, <www.tauntonma.com/apghs>

Portuguese Genealogy Links

<www.well.com/user/ideamen/pgeneal.html>

Portuguese Passenger Ship Master List

<www.dholmes.com/ships.html>

ROMANIAN

Romania GenWeb

<www.rootsweb.com/~romwgw>

Romanian American Heritage Center

2540 Grey Tower Road, Jackson, Ml 49201, (517) 522-8260, <feefhs.org/ro/frg-rahc.html>

Romanian Genealogy

<www.multimania.com/cosminc>

RUSSIAN

ArcheoBiblioBase: Archives in Russia

<www.iisg.nl/~abb>

Researching Russian Roots

<www.mtu-net.ru/rrr>

SCOTTISH

A Genealogist’s Guide to Discovering Your Scottish Ancestors by Linda Jonas & Paul Milner (Betterway Books)

GENUKI: Scotland

<www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct>

National Archives of Scotland

<www.nas.gov.uk>

Scotland GenWeb

<www.scotlandgenweb.org>

Scottish Archive Network

<www.scan.org.uk>

Scottish Census Transcriptions

<www.scotlandsclans.com/census.htm>

SERBIAN & MONTENEGRIN

Cultural Society of South Slavs

3510 Xylon Ave. N., New Hope, MN 55427, (612) 544-6433, <feefhs.org/frg-csss.html>

Montenegrin Association of America

805 Magnolia St., Menlo Park, CA 94025, <www.montenegro.org>

Serbia GenWeb

<www.rootsweb.com/~serwgw>

SLOVENIAN

Slovenia GenWeb

<www.rootsweb.com/~svnwgw>

Slovenian Genealogical Society

52 Old Farm Road, Camp Hill, PA 17011, (717) 731-8804, <www.sloveniangenealogy.org>

SPANISH

CIDA Database

<www.cultura.mecd.es/archivos/jsp/plantillaAncho.jsp?id=25&contentdo=/archivos/gfd/formulario.jsp>

Hispanic Genealogy Sources

<home.att.net/~Alsosa/hisorgs.htm>

Spanish Genealogy

<www.ldelpino.com/geneal.html>

Spanish GenWeb

<www.genealogia-es.com>

SWEDISH

Demographic Data Base

<www.ddb.umu.se/index_eng.html>

Rötter

<www.genealogi.se/innehall.htm>

Swedish Ancestry Research Association

Box 70603, Worcester, MA 01607, <SARAssociation.tripod.com/sara/SARA_Home_Page.htm>

Swedish Census Database

<www.arkion.se>

Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center

Augustana College, 639 38th St., Rock Island, IL 61201, (309) 794-7204, <www.augustana.edu/administration/swenson>

UKRAINIAN & MOLDOVAN

Moldova GenWeb

<www.rootsweb.com/~mdawgw>

Ukraine WorldGenWeb

<www.rootsweb.com/~ukrwgw>

 From the December 2003 issue of Family Tree Magazine.

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